Category Archives: BYOD

As CIOs begin a fightback against Shadow IT, engaging with line of business to reshape IT departments as internal service providers, Joanne Nelson looks at their technology priorities. Social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies, collectively known as SMAC, have garnered a great deal of media attention over the last 12 months. But is this hype reflected […]

Chris Gabriel argues that businesses will, sooner or later, be forced to embrace BYOD and offers a series of tips for anyone preparing the ground for a productive, collaborative, yet secure BYOD environment. In the post PC era, many people who work in an office expect the freedom to work and collaborate using his or […]

The productivity benefits of BYOD and enterprise mobility are becoming hard to ignore and corporate adoption is growing, but are businesses getting it right in terms of procedure and policy? Caryn Johnston, Director of Propositions, investigates. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) use among enterprise employees appears to be growing, according to recent Gartner survey. At […]

Cory Rehfeldt, Collaboration Practice Director, looks at the benefits and pitfalls associated with mid-market companies’ plans for unified communications – and advocates a carefully planned approach. According to KPMG, 60% of mid-market companies plan to increase capital spending in the near future, with the highest priority being information technology. More specifically, a Forrester Research survey […]

Earlier this year IDC Research predicted that cloud computing would grow even more rapidly over the coming years. In fact, IDC anticipates a tenfold increase in new cloud solutions, which is driven by what they call the ‘Third Platform’. Oliver Descoudres looks at its impact on CIOs. So what is the Third Platform? IDC has […]

Over the past two years we have featured several articles about BYOD. Here is a round up of those posts all aimed at the CIO, CTO and wider C-Level community. Feel free to comment if you have any thoughts about the future of BYOD an mobility. If you want BYOD to work, do the maths […]

Chris Gabriel takes a look behind the hype to assess the economics of BYOD and asks, “Is everyone doing it just as well as Cisco?” BYOD is great, right? It saves on capital expenditure since employees actually buy the handsets and pay for the data plans, and it’s good for morale and productivity now that […]

Following Chris Gabriel’s examination of BYOD in Education, this follow up addresses some of the security issues faced by BYOD in schools. Earlier this year we discussed how an increasing number of schools are seeking to enliven the education experience by allowing pupils to use smart devices, or providing them with tablet devices, in the […]

Chris Meager looks at Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled (COPE), a BYOD model that may suit organisations who require a higher degree of predictability over their network of devices, with the advantages of allowing users the benefits of integrating personal and work use on a single smart device. Any straw poll on the views towards BYOD […]

BYOD isn’t the only way to embed technology in education, says Chris Gabriel. The Real Time Generation survey, the results of which we released late last year, highlighted young people’s attitudes to technology in general, and technology in education in particular. Once again, the results demonstrated the extend to which modern technology and smart devices […]